East London x 6

1. Chiringuito

Best for: 🍹🥂🥃🍸🍷

Nearest tube: Bethnal Green – 1 min 🚶‍♀️🚶🏻‍♂️

View: Greenery and local area

Dress code: 👖👚👕

Vibe: Beach vibes

Prosecco price: 🍾🍾

Food available? Yes

Booking available? Yes 💕

Last visited /photos taken: 2019

Warm/dry weather only? Yes but there is a bar downstairs – no relation to the Ibiza / Barca bars

Rooftop review roundup: A diamond find – can’t make a beach club buy can have those vibes and summer tunes 🎶

Address: Bethnal Green
Museum Gardens, Cambridge Heath Road, E2 9PA

Website: Click here

Rooftop extra tip: If you like this rooftop then you might also like: The Castle in Angel

2. Dalston Roof Park

Best for: 🍹🥂🍷🍻

Nearest tube: Dalston Junction – 1 min 🚶‍♀️Dalston Kingsland – 2 mins

Location: On top of an art gallery

View: London city

Dress code: Super Casual 👚👖👕

Vibe: Friendly and fun

Prosecco price: 🍾🍾🍾

Food available? Just snacks

Booking available? No

Smoking allowed? Yes

Last visited /photos taken: 2019

Warm/dry weather only? Yes though a third of the rooftop is under cover so you could be fine but it is summer only

Rooftop review roundup: Dalston’s only rooftop bar and brought to you by a charity – Bootstrap – all the profits go back into empowering young people and businesses. A rooftop that’s awesome that also does good – that’s a reason enough to go and do your bit by going and enjoying yourself! Plus very unusually it’s open every day!!

Address: The Print House, 18 – 22 Ashwin St, E8 3DL

Website:Click here

Rooftop extra tip: If you like this rooftop then you might also like: Queen of Hoxton

3. Faltering Fallback

Best for: 🍺🍷🍾☕️🥟

Nearest tube: Finsbury Park – 7 mins 🚶‍♀️

Location: On top of the pub – named the same

View: Flowers 🌸 🌷 🌼🥀🌷💐

Dress code: Relaxed 👕👖👚

Vibe: Pub garden chill

Prosecco price: 🍾🍾

Food available? Thai food 6.30-10.30pm

Booking available? No

Smoking allowed? Yes

Last visited /photos taken: 2019

Warm/dry weather only? No – open all year round and all day too. Even in the rain there’s lots of covered areas to huddle in.

Rooftop review roundup: Cutest treetop style pub rooftop full of flowers. It’s full of nooks and crannies and different areas to hang in, from a private area for 2 to bigger spaces for groups. The thai food is pretty good addition after a day in this gorgeous garden.

Address: 19 Perth Road, N4 3HB

Website: Click here

Rooftop extra tip: If you like this rooftop then you might also like: The Big Chill in Kings Cross

4. Netil 360

Best for: 🍻🍹🍷👩‍💻👨🏻‍💻

Nearest tube: London Fields – 6 mins 🚶‍♀️Bethnal Green (central line) – 18 mins 🚶‍♀️

Location: On top of Netil House – a block of studios

View: Shard & the city

Dress code: Relaxed 👚👖👕

Vibe: Hipster cool

Prosecco price: 🍾🍾 (and it’s on tap!)

Food available? Just snacks

Booking available? No but capacity for 400 so should be fine but may not get a seat when busy

Smoking allowed? Yes

Last visited /photos taken: 2019

Warm/dry weather only? Yes oy is to the main grass area as it’s unsheltered but there’s also an indoor area that by day is a work space. Open from April through to December.

Rooftop review roundup: One of the rarer rooftops to open midday through so it’s got points for that. Not the glamorous hotel entrance some rooftops have – this is very much a hipster creative type hang out. Good tunes and a chilled vibe. Plastic cups (tho full marks for bubbles in a plastic flute not a beaker!) There’s a fun young feel but with sweeping views of the city, staff are friendly and is a fab spot for the sun setting to DJ vibes.

Address: 1 Westgate Street, E8 3RL

Website: Click here

Rooftop extra tip: If you like this rooftop then you might also like: Rooftop at John Lewis

6. Roof East

Best for: 🍺🍾⛳️🥅🎱🎥

Nearest tube: Statford – 1 min 🚶‍♀️

Location: On top of the old original shopping centre.

View: The city

Dress code: Casual 👖👕👚

Vibe: FUN

Prosecco price: 🍾🍾

Food available? Yes lots of street food stalls

Booking available? Yes

Smoking allowed? In certain areas

Last visited /photos taken: 2019

Warm/dry weather only? No as it has 2 marquees to hide in but a lot of the activities wouldn’t be on if it was raining

Rooftop review roundup: This is fun with a capital F! Bowling, crazy golf, baseball, a cinema, yoga all on a roof with amazing views. Ideal for groups, after work fun or something different for a celebration. It’s like it’s own little world in the sky. (Oh and very unusually has parking should you be driving)

Address: Stratford Multi Storey, E15 1BB

Website: Click here

Rooftop extra tip: If you like this rooftop then you might also like: Fight Club in Victoria

Skylight

Best for: 🥂🍷🍸

Nearest tube: Shadwell – 7 mins 🚶‍♀️Wapping – 10 mins 🚶🏻‍♂️Tower bridge – 17 mins 🚶‍♀️

Location: Along the highway, above a disused car Park!

View: The city

Dress code: Chilled

Vibe: Tunes and fun

Prosecco price: 🍾🍾

Food available? Yes

Booking available? Yes

Smoking allowed? Yes

Last visited /photos taken: 2019

Warm/dry weather only? Yes – they do have some cover in some of the huts and in winter much more catered for.

Rooftop review roundup: Don’t let the shlep out of the central London bubble put you off – it’s worth the effort. (Though if it is a journey for you I would book – whilst it’s free to walk in most of the time and a big venue, it’s worth guaranteeing your spot) The views are spectacular, there’s a summer beach vibe (minus an actual beach), day beds and garden booths to be booked and igloos in the winter! By summer lawn games available and by winter an ice rink. A fabulous all rounder rooftop.

Address: Tobacco Dock, Paddington st entrance, E1W 2SF

Website: Click here